Saturday, 12 May 2018

Well all is dried out again now, shame we had to cancel our first 2018 Open day, disappointing, but there we go, can't afford to churn up the car park area, which was still to wet on Saturday! We have had so much rain that the ground was saturated and was just not draining away, hey ho.

So, (have you noticed this is the standard response these days when someone is asked a question, they reply...so,........etc etc etc !)...we have been busy as always finishing off some jobs that weren't...and doing others as necessary....the loco shed canopy is now finished and providing good shelter and shade for crews lighting up locos,

The two Johns finishing off the loco shed canopy

....and the track is suffering some serious expansion joint tweaking,

Randy busy tweaking track on the back straight

....and the signals and track detection circuits are being serviced and improved as necessary, the platform is deweeded and ready for re sanding, 'Hotspur' has its side tanks back on,

Johnny B working on Hotspur

...and the grass is cut with our latest 'toy' which is a really good piece of kit,

Peter on grass cutting duties

...and the platform water tank is complete and we have to say looks very good! (but we are a bit biased!),

Voila !! C'est termine

...and we are just about to start the repainting/staining of the platform fencing,(oh yes we are are Boys !). The stock is all ok, so we are good to go, we have a Fun/Visiting Locos Day on Saturday next, so we will give some the trains a run round to test everything out and give a few more members a chance to train up (oops, sorry!) on some task on their 'bucket' list ????.....

Hi

Please note that our May 6th Open Day this coming Sunday is cancelled due to the extremely waterlogged ground.....

About the ALR

The Ashmanhaugh Light Railway is a 7¼ inch gauge railway, set in the beautiful North Norfolk countryside, within earshot of the whistles of the Bure Valley Railway and the Bittern Line trains. It really is well worth a visit, a must for any rail enthusiast.

How to find us

We're just past Wroxham off the Stalham Road at Beeston St Lawrence (signposted Ashmanhaugh) or if you come to Wroxham Barns take the first right after the Barns, then left at the crossroads and the Railway is on the left, just follow the signs on Open Days.